This report provides a brief overview of the theoretical foundations for creativity and innovation in the context ofeducation, as a background for the other planned reports. It attempts to define creativity and innovation in theeducational context and provide an overview of research on creativity and innovation, especially for creativelearning and innovative teaching. This work aims...

One of the proclaimed goals of technology education is to provide pupils with teamwork skills (Barlex, 1994; Denton, 1994; Dyrenfurth, 1996; Raizen et al., 1995; Williams & Williams, 1997). Team performance surpasses that of the individual, particularly when the issue under consideration requires a variety of capabilities, experience, and judgment skills (Katzenbach & Smith, 1993). The importan...

Overview Tokyo Tech is the top national university for science and technology in Japan with a history spanning more than 130 years. The Institute has 3 schools with 23 departments, 6 graduate schools with 45 departments, and many research institutes spread over its Ookayama, Suzukakedai and Tamachi Campuses. Of the approximately 10,000 students, half of them are undergraduates and the other hal...

George Kousiouris School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece [email protected] Athanasia Evangelinou School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece [email protected] Alexandru Iosup Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Delft University of Technology Delft, Ne...

George Kousiouris School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece [email protected] Athanasia Evangelinou School of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece [email protected] Alexandru Iosup Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Delft University of Technology Delft, Ne...

A variety of public campaigns, including the “Just Say No” campaign of the 1980s and 1990s that encouraged teenagers to “Just Say No to Drugs”, are based on the premise that teenagers are very susceptible to peer influences. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of one’s peers in middle school and high school on the long-run outcomes of children. This is primarily due to two facto...

Complete List of Authors: Ozer, Mert; Arizona State University, School of Computing, Informatics, Decision Systems Engineering Keles, Ilkcan; Aalborg University,, Computer Science Toroslu, Hakki; Middle East Technical University, Computer Engineering KARAGOZ, PINAR; Middle East Technical University, Computer Engineering Davulcu, Hasan; Arizona State University, School of Computing, Informatics,...